MSM on a Mission
 Kisha B. Holden, PhD, MSCR, has been appointed to the Board of the Cobb Health Futures Foundation and began her 3-year appointment in January 2016.
 Dr. Marilyn G. Foreman's article "Association Between Expiratory Central Airway Collapse and Respiratory
Outcomes Among Smokers" published in JAMA. <<READ>>
 MSM Psychiatry residents Drs. Swathi Krishna and Vipan Kumar along with Drs. Farzana Bharmal and Kisha Holden submitting their abstract "An Assessment of the Documentation of Quality Measures in a Grady Behavioral Health
Clinic by Morehouse Residents: A Quality Improvement Study" to the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association (GPPA) Joseph & Hope Skobba Memorial Poster Competition.
MSM in the News
 Governor Nathan Deal announces that Georgia will invest $35 million in Morehouse School of Medicine. <<MORE>>
 Dr. Camara Jones to give her presentation "Achieving Health Equity: Tools for a National Campaign
Against Racism," as the keynote speaker for a Black History event at the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, MN on Thursday, February 11. <<MORE>>
 Patrick J. Kennedy spoke with Fox 5 Atlanta about his new book "A Common Struggle" and his recent visit
to Morehouse School of Medicine to speak at the TCC Health Equity Forum. <<MORE>>
 Morehouse School of Medicine's Dr. Gene Stringer provided information to Fox 5 Atlanta following the first reported case of the Zika
virus in Georgia. <<MORE>>
Mandatory for ALL Employees
HR & Compliance Fiscal Year 2016 Mandatory Training Schedule:
- Workplace Harassment: Jul 15 - Aug 23
- Code of Conduct: Sept 25 - Oct 25
- HIPAA: Nov 1 - Dec 10
- Conflicts of Interest: Jan 11 - Feb 12
- Radiation Safety: Mar 7 - Apr 8
- Wage & Hour: Apr 18 - May 19 <<MORE>>
Announcements
RCMI R-Center Needs Assessment Survey
The purpose of this survey is to gather information about the RCMI R-CENTER programs,
its resource utilization and how investigators and staff are leveraging these resources
to expand their research projects. Please complete ASAP. Click for survey and more info.
AUC Woodruff Library presents the "Start Something: Activism and the Atlanta Student
Movement" art exhibit on Jan. 26, Feb. 9 & Feb. 23. Click for more info.
The SUNY Downstate PRIDE-CVD Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Cardiovascular
Health-Related Research is an opportunity for MSM junior faculty to develop expertise
and opportunities for research in cardiovascular health disparities. Deadline to register
is March 1, 2016. Click for more info.
Flu vaccine available for the MSM community at the CRC Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 - 4 pm and the Student Employee Health Services (SEHS) clinic in East Point (Buggy Works) Mon. & Wed. 9 am - 5 pm.
Want to see what is happening for the MSM 40th Anniversary? Here's the calendar.
Support the MD class of 2018 by ordering your exclusive Lampoons 2015 T-shirt and DVD. Email Dyanna Fountain dfountain@msm.edu for your ordering needs.
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Grand Rounds
February 10, 2016
Update on Management of PAD in the 21st Century: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
February 10, 2016
HIV 2016: PEP, PreP, and Prospects for a Cure
Upcoming Events
February 10, 2016
28th Annual Curtis L. Parker Student Research Symposium
February 10, 2016
Farewell Ceremony for Dr. George Rust
February 11, 2016
Morehouse School of Medicine State of the School Address
February 11, 2016
CVRI Seminar Series: The Blooming of French Lilac: The Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic
Potentials of Metformin
February 11-12, 2016
Board of Trustees Meeting
February 12, 2016
Master of Public Health Practicum Experience Roundtable Presentations Session 2
February 17, 2016
UHI Medicine and Society Lecture Series: The Role of the Healthcare Professional:
Bridging the Gap Between Healthcare and Health
February 17, 2016
Preventing Workplace Anxiety
February 19, 2016
MSM NBA Game Night: Miami Heat vs. Atlanta Hawks (Buy Tickets NOW!)
February 23, 2016
MSM Faculty Winter Assembly
February 24, 2016
Community Engagement Talk, Learn and Collaborate (TLC)
February 29 - March 2, 2016
Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy's Ninth Health Disparities Conference
March 9, 2016
2nd Annual MSM Faculty Development Awards and Recognition Reception
March 18, 2016
Neuroscience Institute Seminar Series: Synapses, Muscular Dystrophy and Brain Disorders
April 14, 2016
7th Annual ACTSI Academic & Industry Intersection Conference
April 16-17, 2016
New Horizons in Pediatrics Conference
Save the Date
March 18, 2016
Match Day
April 21, 2016
Hugh M. Gloster Society Celebration
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